Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, highlighted the historic reforms included in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) to fix America’s broken higher education system to better serve students, workers, and families. The HELP Committee portion of...

WASHINGTON – This week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to favorably report six bipartisan pieces of legislation to strengthen Americans’ access to quality health care and retirement benefits. The bills include: S. 2292, Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Amendments S. 1440, Uniformed Services Leave...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s hearing on how to lower health costs and make health care more affordable for American patients. Click here to watch the hearing live. Cassidy’s speech as prepared for delivery can be...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released a statement after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Dr. Susan Monarez to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by a final vote of 51 to 47. The HELP Committee previously approved her...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, July 30, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on multiple pieces of legislation aimed at strengthening Americans’ access to quality health care and retirement. Agenda: S. 2292, Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Amendments S. 1440, Uniformed Services Leave Parity Act S. 2398,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) reintroduced the College Transparency Act (CTA), which ensures that students and families have better information as they consider higher education opportunities. U.S. Representatives...

WASHINGTON, July 29 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), alongside seven Democratic members of the committee, launched an investigation into Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s decision to gut the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices...

WASHINGTON, July 28 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), will hold a press conference with nursing home leaders and providers from across the country to raise the alarm about the disastrous impact of nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act...

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 25 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced it would release nearly $5.5 billion in federal public education funding that it had illegally withheld — including nearly $20...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) highlighted the importance of fully implementing the No Surprises Act, which protects patients from surprise medical bills and ensures they know the cost of...

WASHINGTON, July 24 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today introduced the Pay Teachers Act after hearing from more than 200 teachers and educational leaders from across the country during a town hall at the U.S. Capitol. At a time when school districts nationwide...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, July 31, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on how to lower health costs and make health care more affordable for American patients. Title: Making Health Care Affordable: Solutions to Lower Costs and Empower Patients Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM ET/ 9:00...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks during today’s hearing on strengthening Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), empowering workers to have a stake in their company and build wealth for themselves and their families. ESOPs are employee...

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, July 24, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on nominations for the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Agenda: Nomination of...

WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted to approve six of President Trump’s nominees at the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Under...

WASHINGTON, July 23 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), announced that tomorrow at 10 a.m., the HELP Committee will hold a bipartisan hearing on the need to expand employee ownership in Vermont and throughout the country. Testifying at the hearing will be Brock...

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, July 30, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will vote on multiple pieces of legislation aimed at strengthening Americans’ access to quality health care and retirement. Agenda: S. 2292, Over-the-Counter Monograph Drug User Fee Amendments S. 1440, Uniformed Services Leave Parity Act S. ,...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, called on major health care provider and insurer organizations to comply with President Trump’s executive order (EO) to ensure children are not subjected to chemical and surgical castration. He also requested...

WASHINGTON, July 22 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), will hold a town hall on Thursday with more than 100 teachers and educational leaders at the U.S. Capitol to discuss the teacher pay crisis impacting schools, students and communities. Joining Sanders at the...

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 18 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, wrote a letter to the owner of the Boston Red Sox and the CEO of the Red Sox’s concessioner, Aramark, calling on them to respect the dedication and sacrifice of Fenway Park workers by negotiating with them in...